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昨日は高幡不動尊へ行ってみました。
実は高幡不動尊が紫陽花で有名なことを昨日まで知りませんでした。
広大な境内に幾筋もの紫陽花の巡拝路を持っている様です。
巡拝路を歩きながら、どの順路で巡ろうかと迷いながら撮影した一枚です。
I went to Takahata Fudoson yesterday.
I didn't know that Takahata Fudoson was very famous for hydrangea until yesterday.
This temple seems to have many hydrangea pilgrimage routes in the vast precincts.
As I walked along the pilgrimage route, I was wondering which route to take. This photo is a hydrangea taken at that time.
The gateway leads into the abbey precincts from the market place. Dating to the 1120's although the timber-framed buildings are of a later date, variously 15th and 16th century. Inside the arch, the original Romanesque/Norman blind arcades of the 1120's can just be seen and the railings guard a drop of about I meter down to the original floor level. The chamber above is thought to be 15th century. Walker Hall on the right dating to the 16th century.
Built during the 14th and 15th centuries, there were several rooms and other passages connected to these walkways. I spent a lot of time here fascinated by the light. It was the perfect place to use the ultrawide 10-20mm.
I learned that this is called the "Perpendicular Gothic style" architecture. If I had heard that out of context, I would have assumed it was some new CSS font rendering layout.
Same photo as this below, taken a short while later and the sunlight had dimmed slightly
Wells Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells and the mother church of the diocese of Bath and Wells. There are daily Church of England services in the building, and in 2023 it was reported to receive over 300,000 visitors per year. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building. The cathedral precincts contain the Bishop's Palace and several buildings linked to its medieval chapter of secular canons, including the fifteenth-century Vicars' Close.
The earliest record of a church on the present site is a charter of 766. A bishopric was established in 909, however in 1090 the cathedral of the diocese was moved to Bath Abbey and remained there until Wells became co-cathedral in 1218. The remains of the tenth-century cathedral lie to the south of the present building, beneath the cloister. The present cathedral has a cruciform plan with a chapter house attached to the north and a cloister to the south, and is largely the result of two building campaigns which took place between c. 1180 to c. 1260 and c. 1285 to c. 1345. The western half of the cathedral, including the nave and western transepts, belongs primarily to the first building phase and is constructed in the Early English style of Gothic architecture. The east end, including the lady chapel, eastern transepts, chapter house, and central tower, belongs to the second phase and uses the Decorated Gothic style; it also retains much medieval stained glass. Two towers were added to the west front between 1385 and 1410 in the Perpendicular Gothic style, and the cloisters were remodelled in the same style between 1420 and 1508. The cathedral was restored over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Ginkgo trees are often planted in the precincts of temples and shrines in Japan. In late autumn, it turns beautiful yellow.
I visited at the same time last year, but this year the carpet of fallen ginkgo leaves is even more magnificent.
Taken at Gotenba City in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Wells Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells and the mother church of the diocese of Bath and Wells. There are daily Church of England services in the building, and in 2023 it was reported to receive over 300,000 visitors per year. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building. The cathedral precincts contain the Bishop's Palace and several buildings linked to its medieval chapter of secular canons, including the fifteenth-century Vicars' Close.
The earliest record of a church on the present site is a charter of 766. A bishopric was established in 909, however in 1090 the cathedral of the diocese was moved to Bath Abbey and remained there until Wells became co-cathedral in 1218. The remains of the tenth-century cathedral lie to the south of the present building, beneath the cloister. The present cathedral has a cruciform plan with a chapter house attached to the north and a cloister to the south, and is largely the result of two building campaigns which took place between c. 1180 to c. 1260 and c. 1285 to c. 1345. The western half of the cathedral, including the nave and western transepts, belongs primarily to the first building phase and is constructed in the Early English style of Gothic architecture. The east end, including the lady chapel, eastern transepts, chapter house, and central tower, belongs to the second phase and uses the Decorated Gothic style; it also retains much medieval stained glass. Two towers were added to the west front between 1385 and 1410 in the Perpendicular Gothic style, and the cloisters were remodelled in the same style between 1420 and 1508. The cathedral was restored over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Azpegi, Orbaizeta, Navarra, España.
A pocos kilómetros de Orbaizeta, los pastos de Azpegi albergan una gran cantidad de dólmenes y crómlechs, monumentos megalíticos funerarios. El más significativo es Azpegi I, que posee una cámara de recinto rectangular rodeada por un túmulo de 15 metros al que cerca un crómlech de 12 piedras. Los otros tres dólmenes cuentan con dos o tres losas. Se cree que estos conjuntos pudieron convertirse en recintos sagrados y, en algunos casos, en una especie de templos, pero se trata de una hipótesis.
A few kilometers from Orbaizeta, the pastures of Azpegi are home to a large number of dolmens and chromlechs, megalithic funerary monuments. The most significant is Azpegi I, which has a rectangular chamber surrounded by a 15-meter tumulus surrounded by a 12-stone chromlech. The other three dolmens have two or three slabs. It is believed that these assemblages could have become sacred precincts and, in some cases, a kind of temples, but this is a hypothesis.
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Wikipedia: Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. The complex consists of a number of buildings within the precincts of the Grand Palace in the historical center of Bangkok. It houses the statue of the Emerald Buddha, which is venerated as the country's palladium. Pictured above is Prasat Phra Thep Bidon.
A nun supplies prayer candles to the statue of Saint James.
Cathedral Notre-Dame-du-Puy
Le Puy-en-Velay, Département Haute-Loire, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
The Cathedral is the origin of the Chemin du Puy, one of the principal origin points of the pilgrimage route of Santiago de Compostela in France.
"Le Puy-en-Velay's most striking attraction is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy, dating chiefly from the first half of the 12th century. The façade, striped in courses of white sandstone and black volcanic breccia, is reached by a flight of sixty steps, and consists of three orders, the lowest composed of three high arcades opening into the porch, which extends beneath the first bays of the nave. Above it are three central windows that light the nave, and above them are three gables on the gable-end of the nave, flanked by two openwork screening gables. The south transept doorway is sheltered by a Romanesque porch. Behind the choir rises a separate Romanesque bell-tower in seven storeys.
The bays of the nave are roofed by octagonal cupolas, the cupola at the crossing forming a lantern; the choir and transepts are barrel vaulted. The striking parti-colored cloister is connected to remains of 13th-century fortifications that separated the cathedral precincts from the rest of the city. Near the cathedral, the 11th-century baptistery of St John is built on Roman foundations.
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Each morning, pilgrims gather to be blessed before starting their journey to Santiago de Compostela. The cathedral has been a Unesco World Heritage Site since 1998, as part of the "Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France. [...]"
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Ginkgo trees are often planted in the precincts of temples and shrines in Japan. In late autumn, it turns beautiful yellow.
There was a strong wind the day before, so I visited the next day hoping to see the carpet of ginkgo leaves.
Taken at Gotenba City in Shizuoka Prefecture.
"Hydrangea Temple in Yaizu" where about 300 Western hydrangeas and Gaku hydrangeas are in full bloom
At Rinsoin in Sakamoto, Yaizu City, which is known locally as the "Hydrangea Temple in Yaizu," the hydrangeas planted on the approach road and in the precincts are now in full bloom.
Some coffee is just better than others.
In most high-streets and shopping precincts Britain has plenty to choose from; Bristol is no exception.
The Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury–commonly known as Tewkesbury Abbey–is located in the English county of Gloucestershire. A former Benedictine monastery, it is now a parish church. Considered one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in Britain, it probably has the largest Romanesque crossing tower in Europe.
Tewkesbury had been a centre for worship since the 7th century. A priory was established there in the 10th century. The present building was started in the early 12th century. It was unsuccessfully used as a sanctuary in the Wars of the Roses. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it became the parish church for the town. George Gilbert Scott led the Restoration of the building in the late 19th century. The church and churchyard within the abbey precincts include tombs and memorials to many of the aristocracy of the area.
Services have been high church but now include Parish Eucharist, choral Mass, and Evensong. These services are accompanied by one of the church's three organs and choirs. There is a ring of twelve bells, hung for change ringing
The church itself is one of the finest Norman buildings in England. Its massive crossing tower is noted in Pevsner's Buildings of England to be "probably the largest and finest Romanesque example in England". Fourteen of England's cathedrals are of smaller dimensions, while only Westminster Abbey contains more medieval church monuments.
Wells Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells and the mother church of the diocese of Bath and Wells. There are daily Church of England services in the building, and in 2023 it was reported to receive over 300,000 visitors per year. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building. The cathedral precincts contain the Bishop's Palace and several buildings linked to its medieval chapter of secular canons, including the fifteenth-century Vicars' Close.
The earliest record of a church on the present site is a charter of 766. A bishopric was established in 909, however in 1090 the cathedral of the diocese was moved to Bath Abbey and remained there until Wells became co-cathedral in 1218. The remains of the tenth-century cathedral lie to the south of the present building, beneath the cloister. The present cathedral has a cruciform plan with a chapter house attached to the north and a cloister to the south, and is largely the result of two building campaigns which took place between c. 1180 to c. 1260 and c. 1285 to c. 1345. The western half of the cathedral, including the nave and western transepts, belongs primarily to the first building phase and is constructed in the Early English style of Gothic architecture. The east end, including the lady chapel, eastern transepts, chapter house, and central tower, belongs to the second phase and uses the Decorated Gothic style; it also retains much medieval stained glass. Two towers were added to the west front between 1385 and 1410 in the Perpendicular Gothic style, and the cloisters were remodelled in the same style between 1420 and 1508. The cathedral was restored over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Phra_Kaew:
Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. The complex consists of a number of buildings within the precincts of the Grand Palace in the historical centre of Bangkok. It houses the statue of the Emerald Buddha, which is venerated as the country's palladium.
Construction of the temple began in 1783 under the orders of Rama I, the first king of the Chakri dynasty. Since then, each successive king has been personally involved in adding, restoring and embellishing the temple during their reigns as a way of making religious merit and glorifying the dynasty. Many important state and royal ceremonies are held within the temple each year, presided by the king in person and attended by government officials. This makes the temple the nation's preeminent place of worship and a national shrine for the monarchy and the state. Throughout the years, each king has donated sacred and valuable objects to the temple, making it a treasury as well.
The temple complex comprises various buildings for specific religious purposes built in a variety of Thai architectural styles, while still adhering to the traditional principles of Thai religious architecture.
Taken during the historical Burgfest Burghausen, a medieval festival.
In the second weekend in July every year the “Herzogstadt Burghausen” association issues an invitation to the three-day festival at the castle. “The 1,500 people who join in with the parade are also involved in bringing the festival to life in their role as actors. We reenact the era as authentically as possible,” explains Heinz Donner, First Chairman of the association. The castle precincts that stretch for more than a kilometre are plunged back in time to the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance – a transformation that even includes street signs and dustbins. There is no trace of anything with a hint of modernity about it.
Aufgenommen während des historischen Burgfestes in Burghausen.
Immer am zweiten Wochenende im Juli lädt der Verein „Herzogstadt Burghausen“ für drei Tage zum historischen Burgfest ein. „Die 1.500 Personen, die beim Umzug mitwirken, sind gleichzeitig auch als Akteure am Fest beteiligt und erwecken dieses zum Leben. Wir spielen die damalige Zeit so authentisch wie möglich nach“, erklärt Heinz Donner, erster Vorstand des Vereins. Die mehr als einen Kilometer lange Burganlage ist währenddessen in die Zeit des späten Mittelalters und der Renaissance getaucht – bis hin zu Straßenschildern und Mülleimern. Nichts deutet mehr auf das Moderne hin.
Records suggest that a priory was founded at Llanthony around 1100, and may have been built around a ruined Welsh chapel. The new structure was said to have been built at the behest of Walter de Lacy, a nobleman (Norman inevitably by then) who decided to devote his life to prayer and study.
Gradually others attached themselves to a growing band, who numbered around forty within twenty years, although in 1135 they all left for Gloucester, tired of attacks by the Welsh. Half a century was then to elapse before another member of the de Lacy family started to build here again, by 1217 completing the core of the new priory, although this was extended around 1325.
The ruins were Listed Grade 1 in 1956, a status also accorded to the Court Farm Barn, St. David's Church and the Abbey Hotel, all three of which are in the abbey precincts. It is in the care of Cadw.
Llanthony Prory is in the Vale of Ewyas, which runs west of the Hatterrall Ridge in the Black Mountains. A very scenic but largely single-track road runs through the deep valley from Llanvihangel Crucorney to Hay-on-Wye.
Auckland, NOVA ZELANDA 2023
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You’ll find the best of both worlds in Auckland, with beautiful rainforests, parks and beaches all so close to the city centre. The Waitākere Ranges Regional Park west of the city centre has more than 250 kilometres of walking and hiking tracks through lush native rainforest, past cascading waterfalls and along a magnificent coastline. Walk through the region’s largest native forest in the Hunua Ranges or explore the striking landscapes of some of Auckland’s 26 regional parks, such as Duder, Shakespear, Tapapakanga or Āwhitu.
You’re never far from the sea in Auckland. Bring your board to one of the black-sand surf beaches on the wild west coast – Karekare, Piha, Te Henga (Bethells), Muriwai and more. Head north to the expansive golden sands and clear waters of Tāwharanui and Pakiri. Closer to the city centre, and just a 15-minute drive from downtown Auckland, visit Mission Bay, Kohimarama or St Heliers. Enjoy a stroll along the promenade, hire a kayak or stand up paddleboard, and refuel with some fresh fish and chips by the seaside.
Explore Auckland’s magnificent Hauraki Gulf and its beautiful islands. The jewel of the gulf is Waiheke Island, a haven of vineyards, olive groves, beaches and fine dining, just a 40-minute ferry ride from downtown Auckland.
For an exciting day trip, discover the history and sandy coves of Rotoroa Island, explore the open wildlife sanctuary of Tiritiri Matangi Island or climb the volcanic cone of Rangitoto Island for incredible views from the summit. If you have a few more days, travel by light plane or ferry to remote Great Barrier Island, famous for its rugged beauty and unspoilt wilderness.
Auckland has an impressive variety of restaurants, cafes and bars to suit every taste and budget. In the inner city you’ll find modern dining at Britomart, Commercial Bay, Federal Street and City Works Depot. Enjoy dinner and drinks or a casual bite on Auckland’s beautiful waterfront in the Viaduct Harbour and Wynyard Quarter precincts.
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Wells Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells and the mother church of the diocese of Bath and Wells. There are daily Church of England services in the building, and in 2023 it was reported to receive over 300,000 visitors per year. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building. The cathedral precincts contain the Bishop's Palace and several buildings linked to its medieval chapter of secular canons, including the fifteenth-century Vicars' Close.
The earliest record of a church on the present site is a charter of 766. A bishopric was established in 909, however in 1090 the cathedral of the diocese was moved to Bath Abbey and remained there until Wells became co-cathedral in 1218. The remains of the tenth-century cathedral lie to the south of the present building, beneath the cloister. The present cathedral has a cruciform plan with a chapter house attached to the north and a cloister to the south, and is largely the result of two building campaigns which took place between c. 1180 to c. 1260 and c. 1285 to c. 1345. The western half of the cathedral, including the nave and western transepts, belongs primarily to the first building phase and is constructed in the Early English style of Gothic architecture. The east end, including the lady chapel, eastern transepts, chapter house, and central tower, belongs to the second phase and uses the Decorated Gothic style; it also retains much medieval stained glass. Two towers were added to the west front between 1385 and 1410 in the Perpendicular Gothic style, and the cloisters were remodelled in the same style between 1420 and 1508. The cathedral was restored over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Wells Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells and the mother church of the diocese of Bath and Wells. There are daily Church of England services in the building, and in 2023 it was reported to receive over 300,000 visitors per year. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building. The cathedral precincts contain the Bishop's Palace and several buildings linked to its medieval chapter of secular canons, including the fifteenth-century Vicars' Close.
The earliest record of a church on the present site is a charter of 766. A bishopric was established in 909, however in 1090 the cathedral of the diocese was moved to Bath Abbey and remained there until Wells became co-cathedral in 1218. The remains of the tenth-century cathedral lie to the south of the present building, beneath the cloister. The present cathedral has a cruciform plan with a chapter house attached to the north and a cloister to the south, and is largely the result of two building campaigns which took place between c. 1180 to c. 1260 and c. 1285 to c. 1345. The western half of the cathedral, including the nave and western transepts, belongs primarily to the first building phase and is constructed in the Early English style of Gothic architecture. The east end, including the lady chapel, eastern transepts, chapter house, and central tower, belongs to the second phase and uses the Decorated Gothic style; it also retains much medieval stained glass. Two towers were added to the west front between 1385 and 1410 in the Perpendicular Gothic style, and the cloisters were remodelled in the same style between 1420 and 1508. The cathedral was restored over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Dondo-yaki is a fire festival held at the end of the New Year in Japan. It is held in the precincts of local shrines and temples. It is said that good health and family safety will come true for this year.
There are approximately 300,000 festivals in Japan. It is not only a religious festival, but also has a variety of significance, such as a festival to promote a good harvest and deepen friendships in the region.
taken on January 8, 2024
どんど焼きとは, しめ縄やお正月飾り, 古いお守りや達磨, 書き初め等を神社境内などでお焚き上げする火祭り行事。正月にお迎えした歳神様がどんど焼きの煙と共にお帰りになるのを感謝を込めてお見送りする行事とされてます。無病息災や家内安全が叶うと言われており, 新しい年の幸せを祈願する行事でもあります。小正月に当たる1月15日前後に行われるのが一般的ですが, 当地では本日1月8日の祭日に行われました。
I like this ceiling style in cloisters. I tried looking up the name but it wasn't a simple matter to figure out, it turns out there are many types and many names. Fan vaults, cloister vaults, vaulted ambulatories.
Wat Phra Kaew
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Wikipedia: Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. The complex consists of a number of buildings within the precincts of the Grand Palace in the historical center of Bangkok. It houses the statue of the Emerald Buddha, which is venerated as the country's palladium.
The Market Place in England's smallest cathedral city, Wells (pop. 12,000) in the county of Somerset. A golden October afternoon shows off the honey-coloured ashlar particularly well.
The two towers in the foreground date to Bishop Bekynton's "New Works" improvements to the cathedral precincts in 1450-1, as is the building immediately to the left of the "Bishop's Eye", the tallest of the towers. The building housing "London House" (16 Market Place) is a little newer, dating to the 16th Century, and with
considerable additions and alterations in the early 17th Century and an early 20th Century refronting.
The shops on the left are also from Bishop Benkyton's mid-15th Century works, although they were renovated in the 19th Century.
The South Tower of Wells Cathedral is visible poking above the rooftops.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futarasan_shrine:
Futarasan jinja (二荒山神社) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Nikkō Futarasan Shrine, to distinguish it from the Utsunomiya Futarayama Jinja, which shares the same kanji in its name. Both shrines claim the title of ichinomiya of the former Shimotsuke Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually from April 13 to April 17.
The shrine consists of three geographically separate sections. The main shrine is located between Nikkō Tōshō-gū and the Taiyū-in Mausoleum. Many visitors go to all three, as well as to Rinnō-ji, which are part of the Shrines and Temples of Nikkō UNESCO World Heritage Site. The "middle shrine" is located off the shore of Lake Chuzenji. The "inner shrine" is located at the summit of Mount Nantai, the volcano overlooking the lake.
The shrine possesses two swords that are National treasures of Japan. Dozens of buildings and cultural artifacts are listed as National Important Cultural Properties. The precincts have been designated a National Historic Site.
There are good reasons to plant plumeria along the approach to the Vat Phou sanctuary.
First, it is a tradition to plant plumeria in the precincts of Hindu and Buddhist temples in South and Southeast Asia. Second, it is the national flower of Laos. Third, it is called Champa in Laos and Vat Phou is located in the Champasak province.
Vat Phou is built on the slope of a sacred mountain, which is partly terraced. A stairway is constructed, which leads to the sanctuary located on the highest terrace hidden by Champa branches.
The flat section of the approach is lined up with stone pillars of lotus bud.
"Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape" is a UNESCO World Heritage Site registered in 2001.
🇫🇷 L’église Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune catholique de Strasbourg se situe à l'angle des rues Finkmatt et De Castelnau dans la Neustadt, juste à côté du palais de justice.
Elle ne doit pas être confondue avec l’église protestante homonyme, située dans l’enceinte de la Grande Île de Strasbourg. Jusqu'à la construction de cette église, catholiques et protestants se partageaient l'ancienne église Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune, située dans le centre historique de la ville.
L’église de grès rose et rouge est édifiée de 1889 à 1893 dans un style mêlant le néo-roman et le néo-byzantin et couronnée par la plus vaste coupole d’Alsace (hauteur intérieure 50 mètres, diamètre intérieur maximal 18,5 mètres
Strasbourg's Catholic church of Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune is located on the corner of rue Finkmatt and rue De Castelnau in the Neustadt, just next to the courthouse.
It should not be confused with the Protestant church of the same name, located within the precincts of Strasbourg's Grande Île. Until the construction of this church, Catholics and Protestants shared the former church of Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune, located in the historic centre of the city.
The pink and red sandstone church was built between 1889 and 1893 in a style combining neo-Romanesque and neo-Byzantine, and crowned by the largest dome in Alsace (interior height 50 metres, maximum interior diameter 18.5 metres...).
🇩🇪 Die katholische Kirche Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune in Straßburg befindet sich an der Ecke der Straßen Finkmatt und De Castelnau in der Neustadt, direkt neben dem Justizpalast.
Sie ist nicht zu verwechseln mit der gleichnamigen protestantischen Kirche, die sich innerhalb der Mauern der Grande Île de Strasbourg befindet. Bis zum Bau dieser Kirche teilten sich Katholiken und Protestanten die alte Kirche Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune im historischen Zentrum der Stadt.
Die Kirche aus rosa und rotem Sandstein wurde von 1889 bis 1893 in einer Mischung aus neoromanischem und neobyzantinischem Stil erbaut und von der größten Kuppel des Elsass gekrönt (Innenhöhe 50 Meter, maximaler Innendurchmesser 18,5 Meter
location : Kyoyochi Pond ,Ryoanji temple , Kyoto city , Kyoto Prefecture ,Japan
Kyoyochi means "Mirror shaped" in Japanese
Kyoyochi Pond located on the left of the precincts is a kind of the Chisen Kaiyu style garden 池泉回遊式庭園 ,a style of Japanese garden with a path around a central pond.
This pond was made in the late 12th century,and has been very famous for the beauty of lotuses and mandarin ducks since then. - maco-nonch
京都 龍安寺 鏡容池
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Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺, The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui ("dry landscape"),a refined type of Japanese Zen temple garden design generally featuring distinctive larger rock formations arranged amidst a sweep of smooth pebbles (small, carefully selected polished river rocks) raked into linear patterns that facilitate meditation. The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A small inlet off the River Wensum, this is named after the ferryman John Pull who ran a ferry across the river, and a pub in this building in the late 18th century until 1841.
The building itself dates to the 15th century and is the watergate for the Cathedral built into the close's outer wall.
This small inlet off the river is all that is left of a canal that ran under the arch and up into the cathedral precincts, but it predates this building built above it by several hundred years.
The canal was dug in the 12th century to supply the Norman cathedral/priory with building materials brought by water via the River Wensum and its access to the countries across the North Sea. Fine limestone from Caen in France, timber from the Baltic, iron from Sweden and peat, dug out of the fens to burn in the great kitchens of the Priory, all arrived by barge up the canal into the heart of the Cathedral Close.
I took about 12 pictures of this hoping to get that swan to pose serenely as swans should but it wouldn't. Amateur!
From above, a snowfall turns Canterbury into a pale mosaic of roofs and lanes, and the Cathedral Precincts read as a great cleared island within the tighter grain of the city. The cathedral’s long rooflines and transepts take the snow cleanly, while the great central tower rises as the anchor point, a vertical statement in the middle of the plan. Even in winter, the building’s scale is unmistakable: a church designed to be seen from every approach, and to draw the eye in the same way it has drawn travellers for centuries.
Canterbury Cathedral is one of the oldest and most important centres of Christianity in England. The story begins in AD 597 when Augustine arrived and established a church here, laying the foundations of what became the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury. After the Norman Conquest, a vast new cathedral was begun under Archbishop Lanfranc in the 1070s, setting the basic footprint of the medieval building. Over time, that Norman core was reworked and extended into the richly layered cathedral we recognise today.
Few events shaped its fame more than the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in the cathedral in 1170. Becket’s shrine quickly became one of Europe’s great pilgrimage destinations, and Canterbury entered the wider imagination as a place of journey and devotion, a reputation later echoed in Chaucer’s tales of travellers heading for the shrine. A fire in 1174 led to a major rebuilding of the choir, pushing the architecture forward into a new Gothic language that still defines much of the cathedral’s interior character.
The tower often called Bell Harry is the cathedral’s late-medieval flourish: the central crossing tower completed in the late 15th century, rising above the meeting of nave and transepts and giving Canterbury its distinctive skyline. In this aerial view, winter makes the geometry easier to read: the long nave, the broad transepts, the clustered chapels and courts of the precincts, and the city pressing close around the walls. The scaffolding visible in the scene is a reminder that a building this old is never truly “finished” – it is continually maintained, repaired and handed on, season after season.
奈良へ行って来ました。
早朝、春日大社の鹿寄せで撮影しました。
I went to Nara.
Early in the morning, I took a series of pictures of deer in the precincts of Kasuga Taisha Shrine.
東大寺の境内で撮影。
女性も木々も秋の装いの様。
This photo was taken in the precincts of Todaiji Temple.
Both women and trees are dressed in autumn.
The cemetery was created at the beginning of the 19th century in the southern part of the city. At the same time there were cemeteries outside the city limits: Passy Cemetery to the west, Montmartre Cemetery to the north, and Père Lachaise Cemetery to the east.
In the 16th century the intersecting roads of Vavin and Raspail were dump areas for rubble and stones from nearby quarries. This created an artificial hill and is where "mont" came into the name Montparnasse. Students at the time would congregate on the hill to have fun and participate in open-air dances.
During the French Revolution the land and church were confiscated and the cemetery became property of the government. At this time, anyone who died at the hospital and whose body was not claimed was buried here.
In the 19th century cemeteries were banned in Paris due to health concerns. Several new cemeteries outside the precincts of the capital replaced all the internal Parisian ones: Montmartre Cemetery in the north, Père Lachaise Cemetery in the east, and Montparnasse Cemetery in the south. Montparnasse as well as Père Lachaise and Montmartre replaced the Cimetière des Innocents (those buried here were relocated to the Catacombs). During this time the city of Paris attained the estate and surrounding grounds in order to create a cemetery for the burial of people who lived in the Left Bank of the city. Previously, these inhabitants were buried in the cemetery of Sainte-Catherine and in the village of Vaugirard.
The cemetery at Montparnasse was originally known as Le Cimetière du Sud (Southern Cemetery) and it officially opened 25 July 1824. Since its opening, more than 300,000 people have been buried in Montparnasse.
The Winter Palace was the official residence of the Russian Emperors from 1732 to 1917. Today, the palace and its precincts form the Hermitage Museum. Situated between Palace Embankment and Palace Square, in Saint Petersburg, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immediately rebuilt. The storming of the palace in 1917, as depicted in Soviet propaganda art and Sergei Eisenstein's 1927 film October, became an iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution.
As completed, the overriding exterior form of the Winter Palace's architecture, with its decoration in the form of statuary and opulent stucco work on the pediments above façades and windows, is Baroque. The exterior has remained as finished during the reign of Empress Elizabeth. The principal façades, those facing the Palace Square and the Neva river, have always been accessible and visible to the public. Only the lateral façades are hidden behind granite walls, concealing a garden created during the reign of Nicholas II. The building was conceived as a town palace, rather than a private palace within a park, such as that of the French kings at Versailles.
The palace was constructed on a monumental scale that was intended to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia. From the palace, the Tsar ruled over 22,400,000 square kilometers (8,600,000 sq mi) (almost 1/6 of the Earth's landmass) and over 125 million subjects by the end of the 19th century. It was designed by many architects, most notably Bartolomeo Rastrelli, in what came to be known as the Elizabethan Baroque style. The green-and-white palace has the shape of an elongated rectangle, and its principal façade is 215 metres (705 ft) long and 30 m (98 ft) high. The Winter Palace has been calculated to contain 1,886 doors, 1,945 windows, 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases. Following a serious fire, the palace's rebuilding of 1837 left the exterior unchanged, but large parts of the interior were redesigned in a variety of tastes and styles, leading the palace to be described as a "19th-century palace inspired by a model in Rococo style".
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Phra_Kaew:
Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. The complex consists of a number of buildings within the precincts of the Grand Palace in the historical centre of Bangkok. It houses the statue of the Emerald Buddha, which is venerated as the country's palladium.
Construction of the temple began in 1783 under the orders of Rama I, the first king of the Chakri dynasty. Since then, each successive king has been personally involved in adding, restoring and embellishing the temple during their reigns as a way of making religious merit and glorifying the dynasty. Many important state and royal ceremonies are held within the temple each year, presided by the king in person and attended by government officials. This makes the temple the nation's preeminent place of worship and a national shrine for the monarchy and the state. Throughout the years, each king has donated sacred and valuable objects to the temple, making it a treasury as well.
The temple complex comprises various buildings for specific religious purposes built in a variety of Thai architectural styles, while still adhering to the traditional principles of Thai religious architecture.
Budget Car Rentals, lol.
At 'The Warehouse'. aka McLaren Sydney
O'Riordan Street, Alexandria.
Near Roseberry. Southern Sydney.
Two McLarens and an Aston Martin.
Discovered by me on my recent walking trek around the 'Green Square' and Alexandria precincts of Sydney.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
Nikko Toshogu is a Shinto shrine situated in Nikko, Tochigi . The shrine was listed in 1999 as a World Heritage site. It is the mausoleum of Ieyasu Tokugawa, who founded the Tokugawa Shogunate in early 17th century . The original temple was rebuilt into the spectacular complex by the third Shogun Iemitsu in 1636 to demonstrate the power of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The buildings in the precincts are world-famous for an abundance of colorful and elaborate sculptures depicting plants and animals as well as imaginary creatures.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Phra_Kaew:
Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. The complex consists of a number of buildings within the precincts of the Grand Palace in the historical centre of Bangkok. It houses the statue of the Emerald Buddha, which is venerated as the country's palladium.
Construction of the temple began in 1783 under the orders of Rama I, the first king of the Chakri dynasty. Since then, each successive king has been personally involved in adding, restoring and embellishing the temple during their reigns as a way of making religious merit and glorifying the dynasty. Many important state and royal ceremonies are held within the temple each year, presided by the king in person and attended by government officials. This makes the temple the nation's preeminent place of worship and a national shrine for the monarchy and the state. Throughout the years, each king has donated sacred and valuable objects to the temple, making it a treasury as well.
The temple complex comprises various buildings for specific religious purposes built in a variety of Thai architectural styles, while still adhering to the traditional principles of Thai religious architecture.
Nanzen-ji (南禅寺 Nanzen-ji), or Zuiryusan Nanzen-ji, formerly Zenrin-ji (禅林寺 Zenrin-ji), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Emperor Kameyama established it in 1291 on the site of his previous detached palace. It is also the headquarters of the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. The precincts of Nanzen-ji are a nationally designated Historic Site and the Hōjō gardens a Place of Scenic Beauty. (Wikipedia)
Shrines in Japan could be described most simplistically as places to pray for good luck or give thanks for past blessings. Shrines may relate to a local god or one associated with a natural feature such as a mountain, or a particular prayer topic, such as academic success, luck in love, or even drive-in shrines at which you can have your car blessed for safety.
Whilst it is common for larger shrine precincts to include one or more mini-shrines dedicated particular themes and/or which are branches of a larger main shrine found elsewhere in Japan, Koyasu Shrine is an interesting extreme example, comprising no less than 11 shrines within one compact precinct in the middle of a city. The main shrine, established in 759, is dedicated to the safe delivery of babies, and so is popular with expecting couples or families with newborns.
This picture was taken at entrance of Chōju-ji Temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa.
Chōju-ji is a temple of Kenchoji faction, Rinzai sect in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. Bonjin is a Kannon Bodhisattva.
In the past, the precincts were undisclosed, but in recent years they have made public on the weekends (Friday to Sunday) only in spring (April to June) and fall (October to November).
Jaigarh Fort is situated on the promontory called the Cheel ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) of the Aravalli range; it overlooks the Amer Fort and the Maota Lake, near Amer in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Raja Kakil Dev captured the Amber region from the Mina tribes and began construction of Jaigarh fort around the middle of the eleventh century. Over the centuries, the Fort was augmented by subsequent rulers, including Maha Raja Jai Singh II, who added palace apartments to the complex.
The fort, rugged and similar in structural design to the Amer Fort, is also known as Victory Fort. It has a length of 3 kilometres along the north–south direction and a width of 1 kilometre. The fort features a cannon named "Jaivana" (Jaivana Cannon), which was manufactured in the fort precincts and was then the world's largest cannon on wheels. Jaigarh Fort and Amer Fort are connected by subterranean passages and considered as one complex.